#8CC2E8#8CC2E8

#8CC2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.078 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC2E8
RGB	rgb(140, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(205, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -8.07, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 25.73, 251.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0395 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.078 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6676, 49.9825, 83.6222)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC2E8 #E8B28C

analogous

#8CE8E0 #8CC2E8 #8C94E8

triadic

#8CC2E8 #E88CC2 #C2E88C

tetradic

#8CC2E8 #E08CE8 #E8B28C #94E88C

square

#8CC2E8 #E08CE8 #E8B28C #94E88C

split-complementary

#8CC2E8 #E88C94 #E8E08C

monochromatic

#2A8BD0 #59A7DE #8CC2E8 #BFDDF2 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8CC2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#8CC2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC2E8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC2E8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.078 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d4ef',
    500: '#8cc2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc2e8;
$custom-light: #b1d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7902,
    "c": 0.07817,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC2E8

secondary

#F1E3DA

accent

#6317CF

background

#FBFDFE

surface

#F6FAFD

border

#D0D3D5

text

#111416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC2E8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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